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The Fourth and final wine at the Madrid & Darracott 'Spanish Red Wine Blends' tasting A Tempranillo & Cabernet Sauvignon blend from Ribera del Duero that has spent 16 months ageing in French oak. It has a super fruity scent of medium intensity with a subtle sulphur scent like a bonfire in the background. Dry, … Continue reading Bardos Reserva 2016
Why does this never happen to me? I love the fact that none of the drinkers on the two tables noticed the error on tasting their wines. It goes to show you can be just as happy with an $18 bottle dollar of Pinot Noir as you can with the $2000 Mouton. Click on image … Continue reading NY restaurant couple mistakenly served $2000 Mouton 1989 after ordering $18 Pinot
😂😂😂 This is so me.
The third wine at the Madrid & Darracott 'Spanish Red Wine Blends' tasting and one I should have paid more attention to as it is from my local area of Madrid. The Bodega is based in Nuevo Baztán (a place well worth a visit) and they basically do one white, one rose and one red … Continue reading Cuarto Lote Roble
Of the four wines in the Madrid & Darracott Spanish Red Wine Blends Tasting, all of them contained the Tempranillo grape. This is hardly surprising as it is a stalwart of Spanish red wines. About 20% of the surface area of vineyards planted in Spain contain Tempranillo and it has many names here. So it … Continue reading Tempranillo Grape Variety
The second wine of the Madrid & Darracott Spanish Red Wine Blends tasting comes from the same Bodega as the first but this time from the Rioja region. It is a blend of 85% Tempranillo and 15% Graciano and had spent 12 months ageing in oak It looks and tastes like a classic Rioja: Black … Continue reading Lacrimus Crianza 2016
Playing catch up with my wine tastings. This particular red wine I tried at a Madrid & Darracott tasting back in August. They were show casing Spanish red wine grape blends. The first offering was this 85% Tempranillo, 15% Garnacha blend from the D.O. Toro. This is the maximum amount if garnacha allowed under that … Continue reading Damalisco Roble
Stolen from a friend’s page. This made me laugh 😂
Having fallen in love with Trivento's Golden Reserva it seemed only right to check out their base level Reserva offering. I nicked this off my sister's wine shelf. I assume they bought it last December as it seems to be the Christmas batch and is labelled 'Merry Malbec'. However I assume it is the same … Continue reading Trivento Reserva 2018
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